we'd be better trying to sign rookies and sophmores from other teams (second rounders that teams would probably leave to europe or the D-league anyway),

at least then in a years time they might have some decent value, and they'll be performing the same role as sasha anyway, playing 5 minutes max once a month as an extra body on the floor

I really can't see the point in signing vets to sit on the bench (a la arroyo, sasha or murph, plus plenty of others in the past), when we could sign a young players that turns into a Semih Erden or Landry Fields, worst case scenario is they turn out to be a sasha pavlovic and we're already at that point!

Can you imagine Vince Carter or any other big free agent being the 3rd stringer down at the end of the bench? First of all, I doubt they would ever want to that and if they did, it would take about 2 weeks before someone starts whining about playing time.

He's signed, so that when Marquis has to miss games, Pierce doesn't have to play 48 minutes. He's also signed so the C's can finally run a 5 on 5 scrimmage at practice. Not sure why people are up in arms about the 14/15 man.

Cheap insurance, simple as that. Better Sasha than no one, and the plus side is that he already knows the system-valuable in such a compressed season. Knows his role, won't complain, there if someone goes down. Solid, smart signing.

hahaha J. yea, this is a good signing, I expected pavlovic to stay here this season actually, given his brief but good showing here last season and low salary. you can't sign only big-name allstars people, you got a bench to fill and limited money.

I never understood why Sasha didn't play enough last year. He was the best player (fulfillment/expectation ratio-wise) that we acquired during that trade that I don't want to remember. (For those who wonder, Arroyo comes second on that list, and Troy Murphy is the worst by all means.)

He has good D, and he occasionally hits a shot or two. That's more than enough for a, need I say it, 13-15th man. Really guys.

We got Wilcox! I totally foot about him among all this trade craziness.

Wilcox is definitely the decent X I was referring to in my comment above.

I'm satisfied for now, let's not forget that there will be more chips available during te season if need be.

If you think about it, this is the lineup that we were expecting to win the championship last year. We have upgraded from an emotional Baby to an emotional Bass, from a clueless Green to a Green with a clear role and familiarity with the system, from a European backup C that had knee injuries to an athletic and fighting C that is Wilcox, and the rest of the guys have a much lower average age.

About Wilcox, let´s remember he had accepted the minimum too. He really wants to play here, unlike David West (I can´t believe he prefers to go to Indy, who was offering 1.5 million more but also one year less...)